Ian Saunders

Ian studied at Rose Bruford College and since graduating he has designed the lighting for various scales of shows throughout the UK ranging from regional repertory theatre, through fringe theatres and also including touring shows. The styles of shows are just as varied whether they are straight plays, musicals, opera, comedy or site specific theatre in a department store, nightclub or tent.

He has also been the Associate Lighting Designer for the National Theatre production of 'An Inspector Calls' as produced by PW Productions since 2005 where he has re-created Rick Fisher's award winning lighting design for three UK Tours, and Australian tour and two West End Seasons (2009/10).

Dracula

The Mikado

Lighting by Ian Saunders was superb
Josie Shingles, London District Area 10, NODA Review 24/01/2009

Woyzeck

Fred Meller's set, with its swirly carpets, tatty furniture and pinging microwave, resembles a drop-in centre for the marginalised. It all feels at once brutally real and grotesquely nightmarish
Sam Marlowe, The Times07/03/2008

Titanic : The Musical

Ian Saunders’s lighting, which has to do a lot of the scenic work on the busy, crowded stage, marks him out as much more than a jobbing LD.
Ian Herbert, ALD's Focus 01/03/2006